Chapter 723 - Luke VS Rudolf 3 (2/2)
“Ugh, you think I am from the future?”
“I can convince myself about anything else, how would the estates of the ruined place become the main reason for the destruction of a great Empire which had been around for 500 years.”
At Rudolf’s reply, Luke smiled.
“That is a valid doubt, but my strength has nothing to do with the ruins. However, I knew about the purpose of it from someone I know.”
“That so? Then, it seems to be true that there is a secret. Maybe I’ll know if I go into the past?”
“You won’t know. It will never happen if you go back to the past.”
At the moment he was done speaking, Luke rushed into Rudolf.
As Luke attacked Rudolf, Luke used the second half of the Gold Sword, Cyclone Rage.
Although he was brought away from his men, Rudolf wasn’t an opponent who can be defeated with low-level attacks.
Swoooosh-!
Cyclone Rage, which went for Rudolf, destroyed the building behind him.
Cyclone Rage was the weakest skill of the Gold Sword, yet it was nowhere comparable to the normal sword skills.
The knights nearby were startled and stepped further away.
“It is familiar, but seems to be a modified skill of the latter half of the Gold Sword. Where did you learn the second half? It was sure to have vanished from your family?”
Asked Rudolf with a curious face.
As far as he knew, the second half of the Gold Sword, his ancestor had killed and robbed the legacy of Rakan’s sword.
Since then, no member of the Rakan family had ever been known to have the second half of the Gold Sword.
“If you are so curious, go to hell and find out!”
Instead of answering, Luke swung the Dragon Tooth sword fiercely.
Wheeing!
Hyper Aura, shining bright on the sword, went close to Rudolf’s face. The thick beard on the Emperor’s face got cut off and his skin got revealed.
The moment Dragon Tooth came for him, Rudolf had taken the chance and stabbed Luke in the heart.
Cang! Slash!
The sword to the heart got bounced off like the last attack but pierced Luke’s shoulder as it went in by an inch.
Rudolf realizing something, stepped back from Luke.
“That is it! It was no shield magic, it was an aura condensed into one point.”
“You have pretty good eyes.”
“Kuke! How can the strongest knight on the continent not know that?!”
As Rudolf said, Luke was indeed preventing the attacks by focusing Aura on one spot.
Honestly, Luke could beat Rudolf a lot more easily if he could use his other powers such as magic and Demon abilities.
However, he didn’t deliberately use other powers than a sword.
It was because he wanted to smash down Rudolf with the sword which he loved, he wanted to pay the long-standing grudges of Rakan and his family, the man who realized his fault years back.
However, Rudolf’s sword skill, which had reached the Sword Emperor, was tougher than Luke thought.
‘It was lucky that I went to the southern continent and fought with Lee Yong-mu, or my throat would have been the first to go.’
When Luke fought with Lee Yong-mu, the strongest warrior in the Southern Continent, he defeated him only with a sword.
In that process, he managed to advance himself as a swordsman, and also learned about condensing the energy at one point.
Focusing on a single point didn’t just double the attack power, but could be used as a defense.
A one-point method was created by using the teachings of the Southern Moorim men.
The problem was, Luke’s practices weren’t perfect.
So, other vital parts on Luke’s body were left defenseless, and Rudolf went straight for that.
Slash! Puck!
Desperate,
Rudolf’s attack flew in with the speed of light, and blood splattered from Luke’s body.
Luke’s arms, legs, and abdomen were stabbed pretty deeply.
“Ugh! This…”
“Haha! I knew you would protect only the vital points!”
Rudolf smiled as he saw Luke turn all red.
They weren’t fatal wounds, nor would he die from excessive bleeding, but if the damage kept on accumulating, his movement would slow down.
He could hold on, but at some moment the slow movements would result in death.
“This is your defeat, Luke de Rakan!”
In order to not miss the opportunity he created, Rudolf continued to attack.
Not just the Gold Sword, but all the various types of sword skills he learned, even the Baroque sword skills weren’t being used one after another.
Cang! Cang! Cang!
Luke, wielding his Dragon Tooth, struggled to block the attacks, and was eventually struck hard by Rudolf.
“Kuek!”
Rudolf smiled with an exhilarated face when he saw Luke staggering back.
“How was that Luke de Rakan? How does it feel to see death this close to you?”
“It hurts pretty dirty.”
“Kuek, obviously it will.”
Rudolf raised his sword to give the last strike.
Luke looked at Rudolf with a blank expression even after accumulating wounds.
“Your Majesty Luke!”
“Th-this can’t be!”
The members of the Saint Guard and the Symphonia were shocked when they saw Luke in such a state. Luke was too far for them to save.
Would Luke get defeated and be killed?
“Well, die now!”
Rudolf struck his sword.
The Gold Aura generated in an instant went right for Luke’s head with a terrifying speed. No, it was about to end!